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Lesson Role of Nepal in SAARC
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The 19th SAARC summit was scheduled to be held in
FACTS Islamabad, Pakistan on 15-16 November, 2016 but due
to Understand to rising diplomatic tension after the Uri terrorist attack,
India announced its boycott of the 19th SAARC Summit.
Later Bangladesh Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan
also pulled out of Summit.

Jhijhile, Jhapa
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3 November, 2016

Dear Bipaswi,
Yesterday only I got your letter. I hope you are doing well. I am very pleased to
know that you have started learning very nicely. I appreciate your inquisitiveness
you asked me the role of Nepal in the SAARC, don't worry I will explain everything.
Now listen!

Nepal is a founding member of the SAARC. Late king Birendra Bir Bikram shah
played a very important role in its establishment. Later, Bangladesh president
Ziaur Rahaman developed the concept of SAARC in 1980. So, Nepal has been an
important part of the SAARC since its establishment.

The SAARC was formally established after sanging the charter of the SAARC
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in Dhaka Bangladesh on 8 December, 1985. The vision of Nepal for regional
peace, stability and prosperity become the objectives of the SAARC. Nepal has
been actively collaborating with other SAARC member nations in dealing various
issues like terrorism, human trafficking, drug abuse, etc. Nepal's vision of peace
stability and collective prosperity is in tune with that of SAARC.

Now, I am going to write about the major contributions of Nepal in point. So that
it will be easy for you to remember.
1. The SAARC Secretariat is established at Tri Devi Marg, Thamel, Kathmandu
and the SAARC Tuberculosis Centre in Bhaktapur.
2. The secretariat of SAARC Information Centre is also situated in Kathmandu.
3. Nepal hosted the third eleventh and eighteenth SAARC summit in 1987,
2002 and 2014 respectively.
4. Nepal took the initiative to increase mutual cooperation in various sectors

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